GRAND FORKS, N.D. – University of North Dakota sophomore goaltender Shelby Amsley-Benzie has been named to the 2013-14 Capital One Academic All-America Women’s At-Large Third Team by a vote of the College Sports Information Directors of America (CoSIDA).

Amsley-Benzie is a chemical engineering major and a mathematics minor with a 4.0 grade point average. She was named a WCHA Scholar-Athlete and to the WCHA All-Academic Team. On the ice, she helped lead her team to its second-consecutive WCHA Final Face-Off championship game. She posted a 14-7-2 record in net this season and had a 1.21 goals-against average and a .958 save percentage during the postseason. Additionally, she led the nation with a .981 third-period save percentage, only conceding three goals in the third period all year.

Notes: UND men's hockey junior defenseman Nick Mattson was also named a 2014 Capital One Academic All-American today, giving UND four academic All-Americans so far in 2013-14. Volleyball senior Ronni Munkeby and baseball senior Patrick Riewer were recognized earlier this year. UND also has two student-athletes (Jimmy Evers, Erin Wysocki) on the track and field ballot, which will be announced in late June … UND has now had at least two academic All-Americans in each of the last eight years and in 14 of the past 15 years … Amsley-Benzie is the third academic All-American in UND women’s hockey history, joining two-time honoree Jocelyne Lamoureux (2011-12, 2012-13) and Monique Lamoureux (2012-13).